Why some companies seek shareholder ratification on auditor selection

Accounting Horizons

Volumn 19, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 237-254

  Krishnan, Jagan ^a   Ye, Zhongxia ^a  

^a TEMPLE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Auditor selection; Shareholder ratification

Indexed keywords

EID: 33751109009     PISSN: 08887993     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2308/acch.2005.19.4.237     Document Type: Article

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